Onions irritate the eye by emitting stuff that combines with the water in eyes to make acid.Is it possible to use onions to "farm" this acid for latter use? Does this acid have any practical use (even if better acids exist for these purposes)?

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02/17/16 (Wed) 06:48:02 No.3816

Onions irritate the eye by emitting stuff that combines with the water in eyes to make acid.

Is it possible to use onions to "farm" this acid for latter use? Does this acid have any practical use (even if better acids exist for these purposes)?

02/17/16 (Wed) 07:34:42 No.3817

There are easier ways to make sulphuric acid.

As for it uses, consider that sulphuric acid is the single most produced acid in the world.

02/18/16 (Thu) 01:28:22 No.3819

>>3817

Easier with access to modern industry, or easier period?

02/18/16 (Thu) 14:50:18 No.3821

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>>3819

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It's obviously easier to create sulfuric acid from elemental sulfur than it is to extract microamounts of it from onions.

02/20/16 (Sat) 17:10:54 No.3825

Sulfuric acid is so easy to make we actually make sulfur fertilizers from the acid, rather than naturally occuring Sulfate salts. Look up the contact process, and the lead chamber process before that. Sulfuric acid is the Swiss army knife of chemical industry. Look up some bulk prices, you'll be shocked how cheap this shit is.

03/01/16 (Tue) 01:27:05 No.3842

>>3816

>lets waste onions for trace amounts of sulfuric acids

this is by far the most retarded idea i have ever heard, by anyone. im speechless.

03/01/16 (Tue) 09:15:25 No.3847

>>3842

nah it's not really retarded, just inexplicably ignorant